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2025

Performance Tester Diary - Episode 1

This is the first in a series of posts that are going to follow the fictional performance tester Otto Perf. Otto manages all aspects of performance testing for a fictional company OctoCar that specialise in selling used cars.

OctoCar are building a new system to manage the selling of their fleet of cars, and we are going to follow Otto on his journey as he ensures that the new technology platform performs in line with agreed non-functional requirements under peak volumes of load and concurrency.

We wanted to document the journey of performance testing through the delivery lifecycle of a new application from start to finish and look at how the non-functional testing process could be followed as the application is delivered.

Our blog posts normally focus on a singular aspect of the non-functional testing lifecycle and do not always consider the wider picture of non-functional testing, something that this series of posts will do.

New Features Tour - March 2025

Watch Our Latest Webinar: New Features Tour.

We’re excited to share the recording of our latest webinar, New Features Tour - March 2025!

Over the past 12 months, we improved both our SaaS and On-Premise versions, and this session showcases all the powerful updates we’ve introduced.

What’s New?

  • Trend Report – Track performance evolution over time
  • Insights – Automatically detect potential issues in your test
  • JTL Import – Seamlessly import & analyze your JMeter result libraries
  • Data Faker – Generate realistic test data effortlessly

Watch the full webinar to see these features in action and learn how they can optimize your performance testing!

Streamlining QA with functional and performance testing integration

Join Danielle Forier, Software Quality Assurance Analyst, as she shares the journey of how her QA team transformed their testing strategy by integrating functional and performance testing. Discover how reusable scripts and the right tools helped them achieve seamless workflows, greater efficiency, and the scalability needed to manage a growing and complex product portfolio.

Danielle Forier
Danielle Forier, is an Information Technology leader with over 15 years experience, she has a successful track record in key management, consulting, and individual contributor positions. Hands-on business experience in commodity trading, finance, logistics order-to-cash, and SDLC best practices allow her to be a proven IT change agent.

Feature Highlight - Import JTL results from JMeter

OctoPerf offers a JTL import feature that allows anyone to import JMeter results and manipulate them through our reporting UI for free.

What is JTL

JTL stands for Jmeter Test Logs. It is the recommended output for JMeter test results.

It is basically a CSV file that contains a single line for each individual sample result:

jtl-file

It is important to note that the JTL is not structured, it contains results for a given JMeter instance across all threads running. Because of this it can be difficult to differentiate items that share a similar label.